Okan Buruk: We apologize to our fans

In the Turkcell Süper Cup final, Galatasaray competed at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium against Fenerbahçe, losing by a 2-0 scoreline. After the match, during the press conference held, he made a statemInhis statements, Galatasaray Manager Okan Burukstated that both teamshad a similarstart to thematchandnoted, "1-0 The team that takes the leadwould have been the side closer to winning the match.Fenerbahçe'sfinding the goalwas both an advantage and a score advantage in this sense.This is also self-confidence.

This self-confidence in the matchwe could not display throughout the game. Unfortunately, every time we come to this stadium, I can say that the Galatasaray playersplay well belowtheir quality. The fact that our first toucheswere poor in the first half,and that we made too many errors below our own qualityWe made changes. At the beginning of the second half, we made a substitution. We took out Davinson, who had a yellow card, andbrought in Lemina to play at center-back. We conceded a goal very early. Afterwards,in the opponent's half, we settled inwell, but produced very little.the sectionwas played.The matchended without us finding the goal to change the score until the very endand it was a match that our opponent won 2-0.

I congratulate our opponent. We were not the side thatdeserved to win. I would like to thank our fans who came to support us.It is very difficult to come to this stadium, everything is difficult in this stadium. We apologize to our fans who supported us under this rain and expected success from us, we could not gift them the cup.We are a good team, we have good players. There is theTurkish Cup,the league, and Europe. In this racein a very strong waywe will move forward. Todaywas a day from which we will learnan important lesson"he said. he stated.

"Due to the insults, we did not think that they were fans who deserved this, so we did not attend the cup ceremonydid not come out"

To the ceremonyWhen asked about the reason for not coming out, Buruk said, "It is a decision we made as a club. Todaythere was a moment of silence.There was arespectful stance. WeLet us remember Gökmen Özdenakwith mercy. He was a national player, a very good personwhom everyone lovedvery much. During the moment of silenceheldfor him, insultsdirected at a deceased person, when the matchendedwe would face, I do notthink there is a fan base that deserves thisorwoulddid not appearfor that reason, we did not attend the trophy ceremony. As a club, we decided on this," he replied.

"Nothing will change, we will be the champions again."

This defeat will notStating that nothing will change, the yellow-reds' managersaid, "We will be the champions again. I trust my team, my players, and my community.We will celebrate the championship with them at the end of the season." he remarked.

"These two matches"we planned to play Uğurcan in one and Günay in the other"we planned to play"

Uğurcan in goal Instead of Çakır, Günay Güvenç was chosen, and when asked about the reason, Okan Buruk said, "Last year in the Turkish Cup matchmatcheswe played with Günay. We played thesemifinal Fenerbahçe matchand the final Trabzonspor matchwith Gplayed with Günay. In these two matcheswe planned to play Uğurcan in one and Günayin the other. We also made changes in the midfield. We have 4 elite players for the midfield.We will playmany matches this month.The matchschedule is busy.playersbased on their condition, weare forced to make rotations. We have to keep every player ready. Lastyear, Günay performed very well andplayed an important role in winningthe Turkish Cup. League matchsmatcheswhen Muslera was not there performed very well. From time totime Günay's playing is also important forus. The decision we made todaywas in line with this," he said, concluding hiscompleted their words.